Tottenville: 14 – Curtis High: 0
Tottenville managed only five hits yesterday, but still found a way to post a 14-0 five-inning mercy-rule win over host Curtis yesterday.
Tottenville had 46 hits in its first two PSAL games–wins over Petrides and New Dorp–but sometimes it’s quality over quantity.
The Pirates got back-to-back home runs in the first inning from Jeanine Leo and Ashley Corrao for a 3-0 lead.
In the second, the Pirates scored five times without a hit. Two walks and a hit batsman loaded the bases and that was followed by an error, four more walks and a fielder’s choice.
The third inning saw more of the same as the Pirates added two more runs without a hit. This time the run-scoring plays were a wild pitching plating Heather Salerno, and a Leo sacrifice fly to deep center that scored Tara Gallo.
Curtis stemmed some of the damage in the fourth, turning a 6-2 triple play.
With the bases loaded, Curtis, left-handed shortstop Roselee Flores snagged a line drive backhanded while going to her left, tagged the Tottenville runner before she dove back to second, and alertly fired home when the runner tried to tag and score. Catcher Amanda Gonzalez applied the tag for the triple play.
The Pirates capped off the scoring in the fifth as Leo singled home Nicole Palase and Corrao belted a three-run HR to center.
Jaclyn Castellano pitched five innings, allowing one hit, walking two and fanning four.
From the Staten Island Advance.
